by Justinn Overton | Jun 27, 2018 | Advocacy, Lake Mitchell, Lakes, Pictures, Science, Uncategorized
A Coosa Homecoming by Kristin Trowbridge-Alford It’s been nearly a year since my husband and I temporarily moved our family to Lake Mitchell, taking a reprieve from city life and giving our children an experience we pray they’ll never forget. We had conjured a...
by Justinn Overton | Jun 11, 2018 | Advocacy, Pictures, Science, Swim Guide
Is it safe to swim? This was the most common question we received at Coosa Riverkeeper in our first four years, and one that an answer wasn’t readily available for. No one was regularly testing popular swimming areas to make sure it was safe to swim. So, we... by Justinn Overton | Jun 4, 2018 | Advocacy, Events, Fishing, Pictures, Science, Wildlife
Issue 14: Summer 2018 Newsletter CLICK HERE to read the full newsletter! In this Issue: An Overview of the 2018 Swim Guide program including a site list broken down by lakes and tributaries How Alabama Bacteria Standards Inform our Swim Guide Alerts Temp Track is a...
by Justinn Overton | May 9, 2018 | Advocacy, Pictures, Science, Swim Guide
What is Swim Club? Swim Club is all about community. River don’t care care of themselves, y’all. They rely on good-hearted folks like you and me to care for them… so your favorite swimmin’ holes aren’t full of beer cans, tires, and...
by Justinn Overton | Apr 23, 2018 | Science, Wildlife
How seriously do you take a blaring fire alarm in the middle of the night? Even in a drill, we take an alarm seriously enough to drag ourselves out of bed–and why wouldn’t we? Our lives could be at risk! So why do we glaze over the fact that there are 8... by Justinn Overton | Apr 12, 2018 | Fish Guide, Fishing, Science
by Frank Chitwood, Staff Riverkeeper With our latest Richie Gudzan game fish shirts featuring the white crappie, there’s no better time to talk about the health of the Coosa River crappie population and learn a few things about their life cycle that may help you...
